Benefits of Electronic Data Interchange (edi) for Supply Chains (sc)

Many researchers have investigated the benefits of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) over the years; however, in many instances their results apply to specifics business scenarios only and therefore they can not be generalized. This paper tries overcoming that situation by presenting the results of a broad study on the benefits of EDI. The outcome is a list of the most cited benefits of EDI that Supply Chain (SC) managers could use to understand the advantages EDI brings to the SC in general and to their organizations in particular. The paper discusses first a description of the relation between SC and EDI; then the research methodology used, and finally the findings of the research. Keyword: Supply Chain (SC), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), EDI benefits